Jay Fenello wrote:
> What we have is a systemic problem, one that
> can be described by field theory. To fix it,
> we'll need a comprehensive approach.
I agree with Jay, and I think we must view the USG's approach to ICANN
in the light of the USG's approach in general to international politics,
which the Internet is a part of.
The DoC is not primarily concerned with how the domain name system, or
the Internet, is run. What they are concerned with is retaining control.
If they allow the Internet to become democratized, that control goes out
of their hands because the Internet user public is international.
The USG is currently in activist mode regarding international
institutions. That goes for the UN, the WTO, the Hague, and all other
multi- and international organisms. The USG is taking control of them.
And the USG sees the Internet as an international institution, or at
least as an international mechanism. So it won't do anything that
diminishes its control over it.
The rest is just spin.
M.S.
